CNAS in the News

What's New

  • China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States

    On January 26th, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He discussed the subject of China's approach to managing natural resources and its implications for U.S. national security.

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  • Naval Academy Selects First Minerva Research Fellow

    Annapolis, January 9, 2012 — This January, Dr. John Nagl, current President of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C.,  will join the Naval Academy History Department as the academy’s first Minerva Research Fellow as part of the Department of Defense Minerva Initiative program.  Nagl will concurrently serve at the Naval Academy and as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CNAS.

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  • CNAS Releases New Report on America's Civilian Operations Abroad

    Washington, January 12, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released today a report on America's civilian operations abroad in which the authors argue that civilian agencies are likely to face a growing mismatch between the demand for future operations and the resources available to conduct those operations.

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Event Speakers

  • Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert

    Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert is a native of Butler, Pa. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975 and completed studies in nuclear power for service as a submarine officer.

    His career as a submariner includes assignments aboard USS Flying Fish(SSN 673), USS Tautog (SSN 639), Submarine NR-1 and USS Michigan(SSBN 727 - Gold Crew), culminating in command of USS Honolulu (SSN 718) from March 1991 to July 1993.

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Events

  • January 23, 2012 - 9:00am - 4:45pm

    On January 23, the Center for a New American Security, in partnership with The George Washington University's Rising Powers Initiative, hosted "India as a Global Power: Contending Views from India". The conference featured Nathaniel Fick, CEO of CNAS, and Richard Fontaine, Senior Advisor at CNAS, as well as leading Indian national security and foreign policy scholars and officials, and a keynote address by Indian Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao.

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  • January 10, 2012 - 9:00am - 11:30am

    At an event on January 10, 2012, from 9:00-11:30 a.m., the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will release a report by CNAS experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Robert D. Kaplan titled Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, which examines the future of U.S. strategy in the South China Sea. The event will feature a keynote address by Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations. RSVP here or call (202) 457-9427.

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Expert Highlight

  • Dr. Colin H. Kahl

    Dr. Colin H. Kahl is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) focusing on Middle East security and defense policy and an associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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